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Ecommerce Pulse Report

Ecommerce pulse report for Housewares, Garden & Furnishings

Online Housewares, Garden & Furnishings sales are affected by all kinds of outside influences — the season, pop culture, social media and the economy. Anticipating the furnishings and home accessories customers will want and having it when and where they want it is a constant challenge. See how your company performance compares to industry peers from the Signifyd Commerce Network.

Sure, everyone agreed that ecommerce was on an impressive growth path

What nobody knew was that those rosy projections weren’t even close. Instead, 2020 has delivered the Great Acceleration, a turning point at which ecommerce accelerated at warp speed as consumers enthusiastically embraced the convenience and selection available through online buying.

Retail ecommerce sales worldwide

2017 2018 2019 2020* 2021* 2022* 2023* 2024* 274755 315629 365207 419879 474540 524091 565696 599186 100,000 0 200,000 300,000 400,000 500,000 600,000 700,000 Revenue in million U.S. dollars
YoY Housewares, Garden & Furnishings sales

Ecommerce has been propelled five years into the future, with sales figures we were expecting in 2025 arriving today

Welcome to the future, a world in which online sales have become increasingly important to Housewares, Garden & Furnishings merchants. The prominent role of ecommerce requires new thinking around merchandising, marketing and customer experience.

“Retail executives have been fixated on the dramatic increase in ecommerce sales, but the more interesting story is less about the last few months and more about the next few years. Based on the totality of transactions passing through Signifyd’s network, we see that this cohort of new users are buying online for the first time, and then returning to shop online again at the same or another merchant within one month. Returning to shop in short order is the way new spending habits form and share-of-wallet shifts.”

J. BENNETT
SVP OPERATIONS & CORP. DEVELOPMENT
SIGNIFYD

Housewares, Garden & Furnishings growth by category

Housewares, Garden & Furnishings companies have seen impressive growth, but even accounting for seasonality, the swings in sales can be hard to predict

When we dig into the numbers and take a long view, we can see there are directional patterns even in the best of times. What’s also clear is that while sales have their ups and downs, the overall direction is up.

Pulling the levers on pricing and promotions has had a profound effect on the overall business

Housewares, Garden & Furnishings merchants need to manage the balance between attracting additional business with promotions and joining a race to the bottom with competitors. Average order value can serve as a key gauge of the effect that pricing and promotions are having on the overall business.
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0% 20% -40% -20% ApparelAccessories B2B Mid-pricedFashion Housewares Jewelry &Watches MusicalInstruments Health &Supplements Low TicketFashion Alcohol Tobacco &Cannabis Pet Supplies SportingGoods Beauty & Cosmetics Outdoor & Leisure Weapons &Accessories CPGProducts Baby Auto & Tires ConsumerElectronics Footwear Quarterly AOV Trend by Industry Vertical Mix-shift towards higher AOV items as consumers replace in-store spend to CNP spend for Auto Parts & Tires Combination of Mix-shift and discounting leadingtowards drop in AOV for Apparel Accessories Declining AOV Increasing AOV Mix-shift towards lower AOV items contributingtowards declining AOV in Consumer Electronics Discounting strategies in mid-price fashion led to declining AOV -41% -30% -24% -22% -21% -18% -11% -11% -3% -2% 2% 2% 3% 4% 8% 9% 12% 16% 17%
Omnichannel growth in Housewares, Garden & Furnishings

Housewares, Garden & Furnishings shoppers have shown a new enthusiasm for ordering online and picking up in store or at the curbside

Consumers shopping for Housewares, Garden & Furnishings historically steered clear of buying online and picking up in the store or at the curbside, given the bulk of many of the products. But big box home improvement stores all-but perfected the option and sentiment changed. Now in‑store and curbside pickup are almost expected in the vertical.

DIVE DEEPER

Conquer curbside pickup
for the post-COVID era

Fraud pressure is a moving target with fraudsters constantly probing for weaknesses

Fraudsters target the Housewares, Garden & Furnishings vertical in different times and ways. Sometimes it’s as simple as fraudsters going after the weakest link at any given time. Signifyd’s Fraud Pressure Index charts the rise and fall of very high risk — and presumably fraudulent — orders over time. Fraud levels are compared to a Q1 benchmark of 100%.

Fraud pressure in Housewares, Garden & Furnishings by category